Friday, May 2, 2008

day 9 (or is it 10?)

so i finally managed to kick heather off our blog... lol.. jk (she`s actually a much more entertaining writer than i am).

so we´re stuck here on paradise island and it´s been raining non-stop for the past 2 days.. boooo. the hostel is bustling with tons of people -- mainly consisting of middle-aged men who drink beer and caipirinhas all day long, their wifes who disappear and their children who enjoy following us around like little lost puppy dogs - assuming that we will miraculous start speaking portugese. not so much. instead they get blank stares and the occasional obrigado.

to entertain ourselves, heather and i have become quite crafty. we have fixed a broken window, a tempermental light, and created a mosquito net out of bedsheets. also, a dancing/mosquito killing ritual which consists of quick steps and clapping hands. heather is definitely a pro at this one (i think her waiting dance has helped her gain momentum). we have also learned that the game of War does have an end as we have finished it 3 times now (so sad).

our german roommates have thankfully taken some of the attention away from us. they´re fresh outta high school and best described as fresh faced youngens that have enjoyed the advances of the many brazilians suitors here. its quite entertaining for heather and i... however not so entertaining was the late (or rather super early morning) arrival of one roommate who had drunk copious amounts of caipirinhas in pineapples which resulted in several projectile vomiting sessions (btw, our ´ensuite bathroom´leaves nothing to the imagination) -- but thankfully no reminants were left in the morning. phew.

our squareness has come in handy to kill some time. heather and i have a created an intense menu-plan for ourselves which consists of a HUGE pot of spagetti that we made on the first night (with mashed up hamburger meat, peppers, garlic, tomato sauce and pasta), pate (we´re so high-class) ], nutella (which was temporarily misplaced but found again - woot!), bananas, Tatoo buns (possibly the worst bread i´ve ever eaten) and many, many snacks. our squareness also was displayed in our accounting session held yesterday at 5pm where we discovered that we have spent 33% above our budget. BO would not be impressed. we attribute the overspending to the Lonely Planets inaccurate estimates. we hope to reduce spending from $60/day to $50 by the time we enter Uruguay. So far, so good.

alrighty.. time to go get harassed by more brazillian children. woot.

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